The Tailor of Panama
Toronto: Viking, 1996. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #003009
332 p.p. Quarter-bound in navy paper, grey paper boards, grey lettering to spine. Spine ends are bumped, else fine. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities. B&W maps. Harry Pendel is a British expatriate living in Panama City and running his own successful bespoke tailoring business, Pendel and Braithwaite. His wife and children are unaware that almost every detail of his life is fabricated. In reality, Harry Pendel is an ex-convict who learned tailoring in prison, but now he dresses the Panamanian president, politicos, crooks, and con men. His fitting room hears more confidences than a priest's confessional. A thrilling, hilarious spy novel. Also the basis of a 2001 film starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, and Jaime Lee Curtis.
Price (CAD): $40.00